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Middridge History Society Talk – Dr John Banham
November 9, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
£3
Middridge History Society’s next talk will be given by Dr John Banham, Secretary of Durham County Local History Society.
The talk, on Thursday 9th November at 7.30pm in Middridge Village Hall, will focus on the Backhouses of Darlington, 1774-1836.
The Backhouses and their Quaker partners were important figures in financing the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Dr Banham will explain how their 18th Century linen business developed into a bank and expanded in the early 19th Century to have branches throughout the North East.
In 1896, Backhouses Bank merged with Barclays.
Admission to the talk is priced at £3, which includes refreshments and everyone is very welcome to go along.